Friday 26 September 2008

NETHERLANDS: AGOVV (1921-) / AGOVV Apeldoorn (2003-2013)

Sportpark Berg & Bos, Apeldoorn (AGOVV Apeldoorn)

Netherlands, province: Guelders = Gelderland

26 IX 2008 / AGOVV Apeldoorn - HFC Haarlem 2-0 / Eerste Divisie (= NL level 2)
21 XII 2012 / AGOVV Apeldoorn - Fortuna Sittard 0-2 / Eerste Divisie (= NL level 2)


Note: professional side AGOVV Apeldoorn went bankrupt in January 2013. Since, the amateurs of AGOVV have once again become the only inhabitants of this ground. The monumental main stand dates back to 1924.












Sunday 21 September 2008

NETHERLANDS: TSV LONGA (1920-2017) / FC Tilburg (2017-)

Spoordijk, Tilburg (FC Tilburg, formerly TSV LONGA = Lichaamsontwikkeling Na Geestelijke Arbeid)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant

21 IX 2008 / TSV LONGA - DESK 1-2 / Zondag Hoofdklasse B (= NL level 3)
3 VI 2017 / TSV LONGA - RKVV Erp 0-0 / District South I, Sunday Leagues 2 & 3 - promotion-relegation play-off final, first leg (= NL levels 7 & 8)

Note 1: TSV LONGA was a professional league side between 1954 and 1965, though these years were by no means the most successful era of the club. The wooden main stand, named after Henk Pellikaan (who played for LONGA between 1928 and 1947 and moreover won thirteen caps for the Netherlands), dates back to 1932. In 2017, LONGA merged with TSV NOAD (another former professional league club) and RKTVV to form Fusie Club Tilburg. The new club will play its football at the Spoordijk, whilst the two other grounds will be knocked down.

Note 2: combination of three photo series: photos 1-7 - non-matchday visit, May 2010 / photos 8-9: matchday visit, September 2008 / photos 10-18: matchday visit, June 2017. By my visit in 2017, sadly, all concrete terracing turned out to have been removed.

















All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

Sunday 7 September 2008

BELGIUM: RRC de Gand (1905-1969) / RRC Gent (1969-1987) / RRC Heirnis Gent (1987-2000) / RRC Gent-Zeehaven (2000-2002) / KRC Gent-Zeehaven (1905-2010)

Emanuel Hielstadion, Ghent = Gent = Gand Gentbrugge (formerly RRC de Gand / RRC Gent / RRC Heirnis Gent / RRC Gent-Zeehaven / KRC Gent-Zeehaven)

Belgium, province: East Flanders

7 IX 2008 / Racing Club Gent-Zeehaven - RC Péruwelz 0-3 / League 3A (= BE level 3)

Note: the last match at this stadium was played in April 2010. Since, the ground has been turned into an athletics stadium. KRC Gent Atletiek have renamed it Wouter Weylandt Stadium.